After 20 years of servicing the female population of inmates with addiction problems, the Freedom House in San Diego will be closing its doors on April 30th due to funding problems. The Freedom House has helped over 2000 women make the transition from prison back to society with a treatment rehabilitation base. The Freedom House helps women readjust to living outside of prison walls, obtain jobs, and get suitable housing while working with them on their sobriety and self-esteem.
Within one year after release from prison, 30.1% of women will return to prison if they received no drug treatment. Within two years from release, the statistics rise to a recidivism rate of 43.7% without treatment.
“State funding for substance-abuse programs serving adult offenders was cut by nearly 40 percent this fiscal year, said Peggy Bengs, a spokeswoman with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.”
“The number of substance-abuse programs in California prisons dropped from 44 at 21 correctional facilities to 13 programs at 13 facilities, while the number of treatment slots dropped from 12,200 to 2,400.”
“Freedom House was the only program in San Diego County that took in female prison inmates under a state drug-treatment furlough program, which allowed inmates to finish the last four months of their sentences at the house.”
It is sad to see when a program is working to help addicts turn their lives around, close its doors. You can read the full article regarding the Freedom House closing at SignOnSanDiego.com
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I went to Freedom House and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I was 23 and had been to prison twice already. I think if it hadn't been for the time I spent there I would have been sent back a third time. I still have the same job they helped me find. It makes me sad to know that they will be closing their doors.
ReplyDeleteThis is sad news. I know a few people who passed through those doors and were able to become productive members of society.
ReplyDeleteI had a cousin who worked there. I think she was almost as sad for the people that will no longer have that facility as she was about the fact that her long standing job had come to an end. She was forever talking about the success stories.
ReplyDeleteI sure would like to think this is a temporary closing but I'm afraid it's not. It's a shame when funding can dictate the survival of a much needed facility.
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